Die schõnsten Fabeln von Aesop bis Heute

Title

en_US Die schõnsten Fabeln von Aesop bis Heute

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US First edition

Contributor

en_US Leffler, Silke

Date

2019-01-28T20:29:46Z

2017-08

en_US 2015

Date Available

2019-01-28T20:29:46Z

Date Issued

en_US 2015

Abstract

en_US A standard check unearthed that this book, though a first edition in its own right, goes back to a first edition of 2003 already in the collection, titled "Das Fabelbuch von Aesop bis Heute." Commending comments on the back cover are also the same: "ein zeitloses Standardwerk für die ganze Familie." The larger publishing house may have moved to Berlin and changed its name. I will repeat my comments from that edition. Presented in large format, the book is divided into ten sections, each with four or five examples. Together, the forty-nine individual items form a fine representation of fables and the fabulous. Authors represented by more than one work include Aesop, Wilhelm Busch, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Martin Luther, Italo Svevo, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and Folke Tegetthoff. The ten categories are titled with famous German fable-phrases: wer den Pfennig nicht ehrt; wer andern eine Grube gräbt; Undank ist der Welten Lohn; übe stets Bescheidenheit; wer nichts wagt; geteilte Freude ist doppelte Freude; erst denken, dann handeln; wenn zwei sich streiten; Lebenslust & Lebensfrust; and wer zuletzt lacht. Some of the fables here that are new to me include "Vom Bäumlein, das andre Blätter hat gewollt" by Friedrich Rückert (12); "Waldwolf und Steppenwolf" from Native Americans (28); "Der Esel und der Papagei" and "Der Kleine Vogel," two new favorites of mine by Italo Svevo (30); "Der Schmetterling und die Blume" (32) and "Die Meise" (40) by Wilhelm Busch; "Die Ameisen" by Joachim Ringelnatz (42); "Die Schnecke und der Tiger" by Heinz Janisch (42); "Der Lastträger" by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (49); "Tausend Spiegel," a new favorite by Folke Tegetthoff (52); "Die Maus in der Falle" by Franz Kafka (66); and "Papperlapapp" by Josef Guggenmoss (84). Unfortunately, the book takes Herder's version of SW, which tells the story in poorer fashion (72). Every story gets at least a small design; many have a full-page illustration. The latter appear on only the right-hand pages facing their fable texts on the left. The illustrations tend to elongate human arms and limbs and add umbrellas. One of the best full-page illustrations is "Die Frösche in der Milch" (45).

Identifier

en_US 11392 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/121171

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Annette Betz im Ueberreuter Verlag

en_US Berlin

Subject

en_US PN985.F382 2015 See all items with this value

Aesop et al See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value